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tambourines

tambourines is the plural of tambourine.

tambourines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tambourine.

Meaning of tambourine

Noun

tambourine (plural tambourines)

  1. A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
  2. A tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria).
    • Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves, page 78
  3. A kind of Provençal dance.
  4. The music for this dance.

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Questions about tambourines

What is tambourines the plural of?
Tambourines is the plural of tambourine.

Words near tambourines in the dictionary

  1. tambourine doves
  2. tambourined
  3. tambourinelike
  4. tambouriner
  5. tambouriners
  6. tambourines
  7. tambouring
  8. tambourining
  9. tambourinist
  10. tambourinists
  11. tambourins

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